don’t you feel
that flicker in your heart
of what used to be
or maybe never was?
the sound
of a beautiful storm
far, far away —
the quiet presence
of loneliness
not loud enough
to cry over —
the nostalgia
for a memory
you thought to be real
but one day realized
was merely a dream
that flicker in your heart
the empty questioning
of whether you are true —
let it bloom
for it is humanity trying
to speak
and when it finishes
simply respond
“I am, I am, I am”